Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-24

e The nearest. neighbor OF the sick
man was aranchman,3 W hose home was
located on the river about SIX miles
Instant. Once III awhile thisneighbor
rode over to the miner s camp, for q
short visit, but these trips were made
at irregular il -eryals, and there was
no certainty when he would be there
again. a. gssz3 M hi. 1#.@< !. &. d
The ranchman on the river had fin
ished his breakfast and was just conf
ing out Of his house, when his atten.
tion was attracted to a riderless horse
coming down the mountain rode at a
tremendous gallOp. g.. ~ IT. s.
The horse did not s]acken his speed
until he reached the corral or enclos-
ure near the house. He was fecked
with foam and short Of breath, show
ing that he had come from a distance
aand at unusual speed.
The ranchman, knowing the horse,
spoke to him gently, which the amin al
acknowledged by q loud whinny, at
the same time running restlessy up
and down the road by the corral. The
ranchman approached the horse,
which, however, would not suffer itself
to be captured, but galioped off TO-
ward it's home, stopping at a short
distance and looking back with evil
dent anxiety.
The ranchman returned to the cor
raj when the horse again galloped
down the road, and moved uneaslly
about, as if determined to attract at
tention,. whinnying and occasionally
giving a loudsnort as though frlghten-
ed.
Another attempt to capture the
horse, which usually was a very gentle
| creature, succeeded no better than
the first, the animal avoiding the man
in manner hitherto unknown. The
horse ran up the road again and call
ed to the man to follow called to
him by every dumb sign, almost as
plainly as though he were possessed
OF the power Of speech.
These unusual proceedings SO inn
pressed the ranchman that he felt
that something was wrong, owner OF
| the horse was called-hsd met with
some mishap? Maybe he had been
murdered in his lonely cabin by
"rustlers" or had accidentally fallen
into the shaft OF his mine without the
means OF escape.
The strange conduct Of the horse in
Dictated that something unusual had
happened, and that was enough to
| prompt the ranchman to speedy &C.
| ton. Calling one OF his assistants the
men quickly saddled two OF the best
horses on the place, and securing their
revolvers to guard against danger
and providing some medicines and
stimulants to use in case ct emergency,
they rode rapidly away in the direc-
ton of Galena Georges cabin.
Georges horse observing this move
ment manifested great pleasure and
started on gallop towards his home.
The horsemen followed at a lively
pace, but the free horse kept we'll to
the front, now and then looking back,
as if to be sure that the chase had not
been abandoned.
On they sped, and in about forty
minutes from the time OF starting the
men reached the cabin of their friend,
which appeared to be deserted.
! The men dismounted, and entering
the cabin found George upon his
couch, wasted in form and apparent
| " dead, and at the door stood the
faithful horse, which, having tried to
save his master, WAS patiently wait
ing for some sign that he yet lived.
The sad sight was so touching as to
force tears to the eyes of the men who
had been guided by the noble brute to
the rescue.
A hasty examination disclosed the
fact that Life was not extinct, and
while one OF the men set about pro
parations for the relief OF the sick man.
the other renounted his horse and
galloped away for a physician, the
nearest OF whom lived some twenty
miles away.
| Before shutdown OF that day the
doctor reached the miners cabin
and found the sick man conscious
through the skilIful ministrations o.
his kind neighbor. Within q fort night
he was able to walk about. Wher
told Of the remarkable conduct Of his
horse the man wept like a child. He
said he had always known that his
horse was unusually intelligent and
affectionate, but he could scarcely be
lieve the story OF his wonderful sagac'
ity.
! George is in good health again, and
the care and attention which he be
slows upon his horse are like the care
Of a. devoted mother for a favored SON
| Not long since a. gentleman having
learned OF the incident related above
expressed a desire to purchase thu
horse, but George informed him thai
no money could tempt him to par
with the animal; that it was his in
tention to keep him as long as HI
lived upon the very best that tn
land could produce, and when he dief
to bury him decently and erect owe
his grave q monument with the in
scription, ITO my best friend"